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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Article
- 24 May 2011
- ICAEW
Advice on the CPD process for ICAEW members, including keeping a CPD record.
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Assurance challenges in the context of CSRD
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- 20 Mar 2024
- ICAEW: Financial Services Faculty
Polly Tsang, Senior Financial Services Regulatory Manager, considers some of the challenges of assurance over CSRD.
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Introduction to PCAF – how to account for GHG emissions related to financial activities
- Webinar
- 30 Apr 2024
- Financial Services Faculty
An overview of the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF’s) Standard for measuring and disclosing on the GHG emissions associated with the financial activities of banks, (re)insurers, asset owners and managers.
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Maintaining stability in the era of stablecoins
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- 16 Jan 2024
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
Stablecoins emerge as a prospective form of future money, offering a plausible alternative to traditional fiat paper money and commercial bank deposits.
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Regulatory update May 2024
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- 25 Jun 2024
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The following is a list of some regulatory publications or announcements from May 2024 affecting UK financial services.
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Labour’s plans for financial services: evolution rather than revolution
- Article
- 14 Mar 2024
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
As the UK gears up for a general election, the parties have been readying their manifesto positions, including for financial services.
ICAEW Annual Conference
4 October 2024, Convene 133 Houndsditch, London
In an ever-changing business environment, explore ways to ensure resilience and contribute to the future of our economy, with a focus on:
- Sustainability – the ESG landscape and the transition to net zero
- Leadership – the importance of adaptability and inclusivity
- Technology – the rise of AI and keeping up with developing tech
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Unpacking The Consumer Duty: Reflections from FCA and practitioners
- 19 Sep 2024
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)'s Consumer Duty represents a significant shift in regulatory expectations, emphasising the provision of good value.
CASS 5 Audits 2024
- 17 Oct 2024
This webinar will provide helpful insights and hot topics specifically focused on CASS 5 insurance intermediary firms.
Insurance Focus
FRC thematic reviews: offsetting ‘not meeting standards’
- 13 Sep 2024
- ICAEW Insights
The regulator’s latest thematic reviews look at first time adoption of IFRS 17 and common errors in the reporting of offsetting.
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Top 10 AI adoption questions for businesses and ICAEW members
- 29 Aug 2024
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) potential to transform how businesses operate has led to a growing number of organisations to consider the impact that AI can, and will, have upon them.
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Solvent exit planning for UK banks and insurers
- 15 Jul 2024
- Michelle Adcock, Prudential Banking Sector Lead & Alisa Dolgova, Prudential Insurance Sector Lead, for KPMG
The UK already has a robust resolution regime for banking institutions, which was first implemented in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis. Focus has historically been on the resolvability and exit strategies of the largest ‘too-big-to-fail' banks.
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Motor Finance: investigation if widespread misconduct
- 05 Jul 2024
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
In January 2024 the FCA announced it will investigate whether there is historical evidence of widespread misconduct in relation to sales of motor finance.
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IFRS 18: Financial services considerations
- 01 Jul 2024
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The International Accounting Standard Board recently published IFRS 18, Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements. While much of the material is carried across from IAS 1, there are some new requirements, notably affecting the profit and loss disclosures.
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Attesting time for financial services
- 01 Jul 2024
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
ICAEW’s Financial Services Faculty highlights the potential implications of the new Corporate Governance Code attestation requirement on banks and insurers.
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Climate based disclosure guidance under IFRS S2 for Insurers
- 16 May 2024
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
With the release of IFRS S2 Climate-related disclosure in June of 2023, insurers who are considering a voluntary application of the standard in advance of any endorsement by local authorities are looking into what the new requirements mean for them.
Opportunity knocks: catching up with Kamidu Ravindra
- 04 Apr 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Three years after making London his home, insurance specialist Kamidu is continuing to embrace everything the city and the accountancy profession has to offer.
Regulation
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Regulatory update April 2024
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- 13 May 2024
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The following is a list of some regulatory publications or announcements from April 2024 affecting UK financial services.
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Regulatory update February 2024
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- 18 Mar 2024
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The following is a list of some regulatory publications or announcements from February 2024 affecting UK financial services.
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Insurance supervisory priorities and risks
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- 23 Feb 2024
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The PRA has published a letter setting out its 2024 supervisory priorities for insurers.
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Regulatory update November 2023
- Newsletter
- 30 Nov 2023
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The following is a list of some regulatory publications or announcements from November 2023 affecting UK financial services.
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Regulatory Update September 2023
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- 23 Oct 2023
- ICAEW, Financial Services Faculty
The following is a list of some regulatory publications or announcements from September 2023 affecting UK financial services.??
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CASS 5 audits – insights and hot topics
- Webinar
- 04 Oct 2023
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The Financial Services Faculty will provide helpful insights and hot topics specifically focused on CASS 5 insurance intermediary firms.
ICAEW REP 085/23 CP response - CP 12 23 Review of Solvency II: Adapting to the UK Insurance Market
- Representation
- 05 Sep 2023
- PDF (197kb)
A representation dated 1 September 2023 to a consultation published by the Prudential Regulation Authority on 29 June 2023.
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Regulatory Update June 2023
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- 07 Aug 2023
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
The following is a list of some regulatory publications or announcements from June 2023 affecting UK financial services.??
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Insurance industry
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Guide to researching the life and non-life insurance industry. Quick links to trends, forecasts, market research, statistics and useful organisations.
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